Crochet: Simple Statement Wreath

Autumn officially begins in ONE WEEK, folks! Are you ready? Is the weather getting cooler where you are? Are the leaves changing? Do you have your wreaths prepped and ready for hanging??

If you find yourself needing just one more wreath, look no further. I have a bold, but simple, wreath project for you.

All you need is: a wreath form (mine is foam & 10″), some thick yarn (I used Lion Brand Wool-Ease Thick & Quick), and a 10.00mm (N) hook.

Step 1: Put a slipknot on your hook and bring through the center of the wreath from back to front.

Step 2: Bring your hook to the top of the wreath and grab a loop of yarn from the back.

Step 3: Pull that loop through the loop on your hook. The position the hook is in now is pretty much how it stays the rest of the project.

Step 4: Grab the yarn through the center from the back to the front and wrap around the hook (from the back of the hook draped over the front. See image). Two loops on hook.

Step 5: Grab the yarn from the top of the wreath (you’re pulling it back through the center from the front to back) and wrap it around the hook. Three loops on hook.

Step 6: Pull the third loop through the other two. Stitch complete!

Continue as such until you wrap all around the wreath. You are essentially making HUGE single crochets. You may have to fiddle with them a bit to straighten, but they should all line up perfectly and the thick yarn should ensure your wreath is completely covered. Make sure your stitch count at the end is a multiple of 3. I made 96. Slip stitch into first stitch.

Nice! That’s definitely a must-try :)
I just posted a picture on my blog of a Nell-hat that I made this week. I really like it, so thanks for sharing the pattern! It’s here if you want to see it: http://liljascorner.blogspot.com/2011/09/mossan-nell.html (my blog is in swedish). You’ll also notice that I’ve used your summer haze action. I’ve actually been using it quite a lot and I feel quite bad about that, but it just makes the pictures so beautyful.

I’m also crocheting your Mary Janes, and now I’m tempted to try out that blanket of yours… Thanks for all the inspiration!

I have crocheted my wreath and it is beautiful. I used less than one skein to complete a 10 in wreath. Can anyone tell me how to stiffen the scalloping? It doesn’t stand up at the top of the wreath and wilts over. I did my wreath in green so that I can use it with orange and gold for fall and then with green, cream and metallics for Christmas. It took me about an hour to complete.

I just slid them more toward the back of the wreath. My tutorial shows them being made in the center–just slide them toward the back so they lean against the wall. I made a green 12″ and there are more scallops, so it was pretty wilty at first.

Love the pattern! I made one in purple and gold for fall (Lion brand Homespun in Corinthian, with four rows of ruffles, two of which are in other purple yarns that pick up two of the colors in the Corinthian). I have a question, though, about how to hang it on the wreath hook. I sewed some wire on the back and made a mounting hook that way, which also stiffens the ruffles somewhat, but it pulls up around the hook and looks awkward. How are other people hanging their wreaths?

This is a very cute idea. Fall has already passed here so I’m thinking about Christmas and the rest of the year. I would like to make this in a different color, put a round mirror behind it, and use it in my daughter’s room. I think the crochet mirror would be adorable.

Also, for Christmas, if you crochet in red and hot glue a few clusters of Christmas tree balls on it, it would make a beautiful Christmas wreath.

I wanted to try this with crochet thread (I know its thin) but thought it would look lacey and delicate for a wedding wreath with the crochet trim. Do you think that would work well? I realize it would take quite a bit of crochet thread but the border doesn’t require too much so using a whole thing would be fine.

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